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sToVE- DRUM 0B, CYLINDER.

Patented Deo. 19, 1882.4

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

HENRY A. MATTHEWS, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT-.-

sTovE DRUM on CYLINDER.

SIECIFICAELION` forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,437, dated December 19, 1882.

Application filed May 31, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. MATTHEWS,

ot' Waterbury, in the county of New Haven in connection with the drawings and the let.

ters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute` part ot' this specication.

Figure 1 is a perspective view.

My invention has for its objectv a stove-drum which shall belight, ornamental, cheap, and not liable to rust. The drum in a heating-stove ordinarily iucloses and contains that part of the stoveswhich constitutes the coal-reservoir in base-burning stoves and the upper part of the combustion-chamber in other stoves. The drum is a part of the stove exposed to view, and its beauty as well as its utility are objects desired and sought after. These drums have heretofore been made ot' cast-iron and of sheetiron. When made of cast-iron the ornaments are cast upon the plates. When made of sheetiron the ornaments are riveted upon the drum.

The manner in which I construct my stovedrum is as follows: I take a piece ot' sheetbrass of the desired size and pass it between embossing-rollers. These rollers leave thesurface of the brass embossed with the pattern cut upon the roller. I then round the sheetbrass into the form of a cylinder or drum, with "the embossed side outward, and fasten the l ends in any ofthe ordinary methods, preferably by brazing.

Ido not claim as my invention making a stove-drum ot' brass, broadly, when the brass is nnornamented. Brass is the only metal of sufficient cheapness which possesses the requisite tenacity and toughness for stove-drums, and at thesame time sufficient ductilityto enable it to he embossed in the manner I have above described.

The advantages of myim proved stove-drum are, lirst, that the ornaments form a part ot' the metal drum and cannot fall off; second, that the drum is not perforated with rivetholes for the purpose ot fastening on the ornaments; thirdthat the ornaments upon my drum are cheaper and of more beauty and t`1nish than the old ornaments; fourth, that it will not rust. t

In the drawings, A, Fig. l, represents the stove. B is my improved drum; (l C, the embossed surfaces upon the drum. Fig. 2 shows a portion of the embossed surface of the drum on an enlarged scale.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-` As a new article ot' manufacture, a stovedrum of brass having embossed ornamental surfaces C C integral with said drum, substantially as and for the purpose described.

HENRY A. MATTHEWS. Witnesses:

HENRY AEDEN, ANDREW J. FALLoN.y 

